If you are a DJ, you probably already pay for a song-request app, and you should keep it. This page is not an attempt to talk you out of it. A dedicated tool like Rekwest searches Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, SoundCloud or your own repertoire and exports accepted requests in realtime into a streaming playlist, a Spotify playlist or queue already on its free plan and a Tidal, SoundCloud or Apple Music playlist on Professional, which is how the requests reach Serato, Rekordbox, VirtualDJ, Traktor or djay. Momentzy does none of that: we search the public iTunes catalogue and hand you an ordered queue in your own console, and nothing is pushed into your DJ software. What we do have is different. The request rides on the same QR code the guests already opened for the photos, the room votes on it, and the queue, with who asked for what, sits on a screen made for the night. Here is the comparison, including the parts where we come second. BeatTribe is the other name DJs bring up, and its own pages describe the same shape: guests scan a QR code and request from the phone browser with nothing to install, the DJ approves each request, and approved tracks are pushed into a Spotify, TIDAL or Apple Music playlist that Serato reads. We come second to both of them on that handover, and this page says so rather than hoping you do not check.
The two tools answer different questions. A request app answers "how do I take requests without someone shouting in my ear, and get them into my software?". Momentzy answers "how does everything the guests touch tonight, photos, the live wall, the quiz, the requests, live behind one code with your name on it?".
Rekwest's official site states that no app or signup is required to request a song, and that each event gets its own QR code. So does Momentzy. On that specific point neither of us is the easy one: the difference is what else is behind the code once the guest has scanned it.
Where a dedicated app is clearly ahead is the catalogue and the handover. Rekwest lists Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, SoundCloud and your own repertoire, and its pricing page describes that export as a realtime write into a streaming playlist: a Spotify playlist or queue already on the free plan, and a Tidal, SoundCloud or Apple Music playlist on Professional, which the same page says can then be used to get the requests into Serato DJ, Rekordbox, VirtualDJ, Traktor and djay. Rekwest puts a playlist in the middle rather than a direct plugin, and the handover still works. Our search is the public iTunes catalogue, and there is no export at all.
Where we are ahead is the surface. A request app is a request app. Momentzy is the gallery the guests were already using, so the request costs the guest nothing extra: no second QR code on the table, no second explanation from you at the microphone, and the photos, the quiz and the requests all sit behind the same code, with your own branding on the account plans that include it.
BeatTribe is the other tool DJs name in this category, and on its own pages it plays the same game as Rekwest: guests scan a QR code and request in the browser with no app to download and no account to create, the DJ approves or skips each request, and only approved tracks are synced to a Spotify, TIDAL or Apple Music playlist, which its own guide says is how they land inside Serato. On the pages we read on 19 August 2026 there is no description of guests voting on each other's requests, which is the one thing our queue is built around. BeatTribe also writes its own limits down, including that it has no tipping feature and that it is not the best fit for a bar or club residency. Its site describes a free tier to start on and a paid plan above it, and prices belong there rather than here.
| Feature | Momentzy | Rekwest and BeatTribe |
|---|---|---|
| Guest access | Phone browser, from the event QR code. No app, no account | Rekwest: Phone browser too: the site states "No App or Signup required to request a song!", with a QR code per event. BeatTribe: its own pages say guests scan a QR code and request in the browser, with no app download and no account needed |
| Catalogue the guest searches | The public iTunes catalogue, through our own search. Narrower, and no streaming account is linked | Rekwest: Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, SoundCloud, or the DJ's own repertoire. BeatTribe: a Spotify-connected catalogue of millions of songs, with each guest able to request up to five tracks |
| Export into the DJ software | No. The queue stays in our DJ console; nothing is pushed to Serato, rekordbox, VirtualDJ, Traktor or djay, and there is no playlist write-back | Rekwest: Realtime export into a streaming playlist: a Spotify playlist or queue on the free plan, a Tidal, SoundCloud or Apple Music playlist on Professional, which the pricing page says can be used to get the requests into Serato DJ, Rekordbox, VirtualDJ, Traktor and djay. BeatTribe: approved requests are pushed into a Spotify, TIDAL or Apple Music playlist, and its own guide explains that Serato reads playlists from that service, so the requests appear inside the software |
| Room voting | Guests vote, and the queue is ordered by votes, so the loudest table is not the winner | Rekwest: The site states that attendees can request songs and vote on requests from others. BeatTribe: its pages describe the DJ accepting or skipping each request and only approved tracks syncing; the pages we read on 19 August 2026 describe no guest voting |
| What the DJ works from | A console for the night: now playing, the queue by votes, who asked for each track, mark as played, remove, and the history | Rekwest: Its own request dashboard, plus playlist repertoire limits and advanced analytics on Professional, and kiosk mode, white labelling and custom repertoires on Enterprise. BeatTribe: its own request screen, plus must-play and do-not-play playlists, requests collected before the event through a shared link, event themes and song suggestions |
| What else is behind the same code | The photo gallery on every plan, the live wall on the venue screen from Basic up, the quiz from Premium up, and your own branding on the Studio, Pro and Team account plans | Rekwest: Song requests, with white labelling and kiosk mode available on the Enterprise plan. BeatTribe: song requests, with the guest page themed to match the event |
Comparison made on 18 August 2026 based on publicly available information. Competitors may have changed pricing or features since then, always check their official site.
Say it plainly, because you will find out in five minutes anyway. Momentzy searches the public iTunes catalogue and stops there. We do not connect to Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music or SoundCloud, we do not read your crates, and we do not put a single track into Serato, rekordbox, VirtualDJ, Traktor or djay. If the reason you pay for a request app is that accepted tracks appear in your software without retyping, that reason is untouched by this page, and you should keep paying for it.
The guest already scanned your code to put their photos in the gallery. The request screen is on the other side of that same code, so there is no second poster on the table, no second thing to explain over the music, and no guest who wanted to ask for a song but could not be bothered to scan again. For the people who never request anything because it means walking up to the booth, that is the whole difference.
Every request carries the name of the guest who made it and the votes it has collected, and the queue is ordered by those votes. You are not guessing whether one persistent guest represents the room. When you drop a track, you are dropping something twenty people asked for, and when you refuse one, you can see it was one person.
The DJ view is a single screen: what is playing now, what is next by votes, who asked for it, a button to mark a track as played, one to remove a request, and the history of everything already played. It is meant to be used with one hand in a dark booth, not configured beforehand.
Keep the request app you already pay for. Nothing here replaces the export into your software.
Turn music requests on for the event in Momentzy: it is a per-event switch on the event settings, not an upsell.
Print one QR code, the event's, on the welcome sign and the table cards. The gallery, the live wall, the quiz and the requests are all behind it.
Open the DJ console on your laptop or phone at /dashboard/events/{id}/dj and leave it there for the night.
Work the queue from the votes: mark tracks as played so the history stays honest, and remove what does not fit the room.
After the party, compare the two: how many requests arrived through the code the guests were already using, and how many arrived through the app that needs its own scan.